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A Sandshore Wooing
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Fir Cottage, Plover1 Sands.
July Sixth.
We arrived here late last night, and all day Aunt Martha has kept her room to rest. So I had to keep mine also, although I felt as fresh as a morning lark2, and just in the mood for enjoyment3.
My name is Marguerite Forrester—an absurdly long name for so small a girl. Aunt Martha always calls me Marguerite, with an accent of strong disapproval4. She does not like my name, but she gives me the full benefit of it. Connie Shelmardine used to call me Rita. Connie was my roommate last year at the Seminary. We correspond occasionally, but Aunt Martha frowns on it.
I have always lived with Aunt Martha—my parents died when I was a baby. Aunt Martha says I am to be her heiress if I please her—which means—but, oh, you do not know what "pleasing" Aunt Martha means.
Aunt is a determined5 and inveterate6 man-hater. She has no particular love for women, indeed, and trusts nobody but Mrs. Saxby, her maid. I rather like Mrs. Saxby. She is not quite so far gone in petrifaction7 as Aunt, although she gets a little stonier8 every year. I expect the process will soon begin on me, but it hasn't yet. My flesh and blood are still unreasonably9 warm and pulsing and rebellious10.
Aunt Martha would be in danger of taking a fit if she ever saw me talking to a man. She watches me jealously, firmly determined to guard me from any possible attack of a roaring and
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plover
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n.珩,珩科鸟,千鸟 | |
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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petrifaction
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unreasonably
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rebellious
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ravening
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attire
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virtue
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landlady
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liking
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chattering
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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disconsolate
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meander
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solitary
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astonishment
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afterward
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banished
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专题论文,学位论文( dissertation的名词复数 ) | |
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头昏眼花地,眼花缭乱地,茫然地 | |
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disapprove
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displeased
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a.不快的 | |
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anticipation
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v.哄诱,劝诱,用诱哄得到,诱取 | |
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coaxing
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genial
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prudence
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modesty
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色彩( tint的名词复数 ); 带白的颜色; (淡色)染发剂; 痕迹 | |
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Vogue
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piquant
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possessed
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rosebuds
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蔷薇花蕾,妙龄少女,初入社交界的少女( rosebud的名词复数 ) | |
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hymn
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n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌 | |
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scrutiny
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frivolously
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